Privacy Statement

Who are we?

Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) is the lead organisation for disability and the arts in Wales. We support approximately 400 members across four regions, helping them to achieve their creative aspirations, develop new work and engage in creative practice. We also act as an advocacy agency and as a training specialist providing DET (Disability Equality Training) and MHFA (Mental Health First Aid) to a range of arts and third sector organisations.
We are collecting your data to keep you informed about the projects that we support; including DAC self produced work and that of our members and other arts organisations in Wales. We want to tell you what information we will be keeping about you, why we keep this information, how long we will keep it and what we will use it for – with your consent.

Your information

The information we collect is what you choose to provide to us. This can include:

Your name

Your address

Your telephone number

Your email address

Social media handles;

Your feedback and comments

Any additional information you choose to provide

How information about you will be used

DAC complies with its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by keeping your personal data up to date, by storing and destroying it securely, by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

We do this by:

Storing your data on a secure database which can only be accessed by appropriately trained staff.

Keeping your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary and only retaining your data for the period that you are subscribed.

Removing your personal data from our database and erasing it from our records when you unsubscribe.

Will anyone else get to see your information?

If you have provided feedback at an event, this response may be reproduced, either in summary or verbatim, on our social media platforms or any research and impact case studies that are published on our website or in academic papers and journals. However, these responses will be anonymised, so that personal details will never be provided in conjunction with feedback responses.
DAC will not pass on your personal data to third parties without first obtaining your consent.

When will we contact you?

The personal details you provide us may be used to keep you updated about projects that we are currently working on. We may do this by letter, telephone, social media channels or email.

We may contact you regarding any feedback that you have provided about the proposals at the consultation event.

What rights do you have over the information we hold on you?

At any point while we are in possession of your information you have the right to:

Request a copy of the information we hold on you.

Rectify any information which we may hold which is incorrect or inaccurate.

Ask for the information we hold about you to be erased from our records.

Where certain conditions apply, you have the right to limit the type of information we are processing about you.

You have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.

If your data is to be used for something other than what we have already covered here.

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Privacy Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this and how to opt in.

What is the legal basis for processing your personal information?

For the processing of your information to be lawful under GDPR, DAC will be seeking your consent to use your data via a tick box opt in consent form.

What if you change your mind about the consent you have given?

You have the right to change your mind at any time about the consent you have given to DAC.